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An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems

The issue of unintentional islanding in PV grid interconnection still remains as a challenge in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper discusses the overview of popularly used anti-islanding detection methods, practically applied in PV grid-connected systems. Anti-islanding methods...

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Main Authors: Wei, Yee Teoh, Tan, Chee Wei
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Published: 2011
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45579/
http://waset.org/publications/5748/an-overview-of-islanding-detection-methods-in-photovoltaic-systems
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spelling my.utm.455792017-08-30T05:11:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45579/ An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems Wei, Yee Teoh Tan, Chee Wei TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The issue of unintentional islanding in PV grid interconnection still remains as a challenge in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper discusses the overview of popularly used anti-islanding detection methods, practically applied in PV grid-connected systems. Anti-islanding methods generally can be classified into four major groups, which include passive methods, active methods, hybrid methods and communication base methods. Active methods have been the preferred detection technique over the years due to very small non-detected zone (NDZ) in small scale distribution generation. Passive method is comparatively simpler than active method in terms of circuitry and operations. However, it suffers from large NDZ that significantly reduces its performance. Communication base methods inherit the advantages of active and passive methods with reduced drawbacks. Hybrid method which evolved from the combination of both active and passive methods has been proven to achieve accurate anti-islanding detection by many researchers. For each of the studied anti-islanding methods, the operation analysis is described while the advantages and disadvantages are compared and discussed. It is difficult to pinpoint a generic method for a specific application, because most of the methods discussed are governed by the nature of application and system dependent elements. This study concludes that the setup and operation cost is the vital factor for anti-islanding method selection in order to achieve minimal compromising between cost and system quality. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Wei, Yee Teoh and Tan, Chee Wei (2011) An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems. In: World Academy Of Science, Engineering And Technology. http://waset.org/publications/5748/an-overview-of-islanding-detection-methods-in-photovoltaic-systems
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Wei, Yee Teoh
Tan, Chee Wei
An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
description The issue of unintentional islanding in PV grid interconnection still remains as a challenge in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper discusses the overview of popularly used anti-islanding detection methods, practically applied in PV grid-connected systems. Anti-islanding methods generally can be classified into four major groups, which include passive methods, active methods, hybrid methods and communication base methods. Active methods have been the preferred detection technique over the years due to very small non-detected zone (NDZ) in small scale distribution generation. Passive method is comparatively simpler than active method in terms of circuitry and operations. However, it suffers from large NDZ that significantly reduces its performance. Communication base methods inherit the advantages of active and passive methods with reduced drawbacks. Hybrid method which evolved from the combination of both active and passive methods has been proven to achieve accurate anti-islanding detection by many researchers. For each of the studied anti-islanding methods, the operation analysis is described while the advantages and disadvantages are compared and discussed. It is difficult to pinpoint a generic method for a specific application, because most of the methods discussed are governed by the nature of application and system dependent elements. This study concludes that the setup and operation cost is the vital factor for anti-islanding method selection in order to achieve minimal compromising between cost and system quality.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wei, Yee Teoh
Tan, Chee Wei
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Tan, Chee Wei
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title An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
title_short An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
title_full An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
title_fullStr An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
title_full_unstemmed An overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
title_sort overview of islanding detection methods in photovoltanic systems
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45579/
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